Cigarette holder



Oct. 14, 1947. p Q OVERMIRE 2,429,167

CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed July 31, 1945 I Paul C. Overmire INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 14, 1947 4 .429.1 1 CIGARETTE HLOLDEBC e! qv e re atter n eveiieeii e my a 19451 see! n as 4 G eigis- (01- 31-24 2 Thi invention relates to improvements in cigar and cigarette holders of the type adapted for use with t a s.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved holder having a number of gravity actuated arms which are arranged to lightly engage with a cigarette'or cigar and normally prevent it from being dislodged from a supDQrted position.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel cigaretteholder'of the kind characterized which normally prevents a lighted cigarette from bein fli lQ ree! eiip ie iiine ctur and falling onto affloor or other'su rface capable of ben i amaged. further objects of my invention will be'pointdout'hereinafter, or will be indicated in the appended claims, or will be obvious to one skilled in the art upon an understanding of the present disclosure. For the purpose of the application, I have elected to show herein certain forms and details of a cigarette holder representative of my invention. It is to be understood, however, that the embodiment of my invention herein shown and described is for the purpose of illustration only and that therefore it is not to be regarded as exhaustive of the variations of the invention, nor is it to be given an interpretation such as might have the effect of limiting the claims, short of the true and most comprehensive scope of the invention in the art.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is an enlarged plan view of a cigarette holder embodying the principles of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the holder;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic side elevation of the holder showing by the broken lines a cigarette held in a supported position;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the holder; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, showing diagrammatically the manner in which the U- shaped cigarette supporting members act as stops for the curved arms which normally prevent the displacement of the cigarette with respect to the said supporting members.

Referring to the drawings the numeral l designates generally, a supporting frame having a base 2 which is normally secured to an ash tray or other device and upstanding side supports 3. The upstanding side supports 3 are formed with curved cigarette or cigar supporting members 4 which are connected at their forward ends to an elongated longitudinally disposed member 5. The member 5 is bent downwardly at spaced intervals to provide curved U-shaped cigarette or cigar supporting members '6. The cigarette or cigar supporting members 6 cooperate with and are substantially parallel to the curved support= ing members 4'." A cigarette or-cigar is normally supported adjacent -its ends by the members '4 and at points toward its central portion bythe members 6. Thus if one 'end' of a cigarette or cigar becomes shortened by burning to'afpoint where one of the members 4 no longer functions as a support thereof" the-supportin'g members '6 will still engage with the rem'ainingportionof the said cigaretteor cigar and continue to supw 177M t Pivotally mounted on the side supports 3, as by pivot screws 1 rotatably extending through holes in said side supports, is a horizontal cross bar or member 8. Secured to the cross bar 8 are a plurality of upwardly curved arms 9 which extend forwardly and are arranged directly opposite the U-shaped cigarette supporting members 6. The lower ends of the U-shaped members 6 provide stops which limit the upward movement of the arms 9.

The arms extend rearwardly from the cross bar 8 and a counterweight I0 secured thereto normally maintains the arms in positions whereby their inwardly bent tips 9 lightly engage the upper side of a cigarette A when the latter is supported on the members 4 and 6.

The pivoted bar 8 is so positioned with respect to the cigarette-engaging tips 9 of the curved arms 9 that the said tips'vvill move substantially along the circumference of a cigarette in the event the counterweight is accidentally depressed, thereby avoiding the puncturing of the cigarette.

In operation, a cigarette A is placed on the supporting members 4 and 6 by first lifting the counterweight ll] sufficiently to lower the tips 9' of the arms 9 and allow the cigarette to be placed on the said supporting members. The counterweight when released will drop downwardly and thereby carry the tips 9' upwardly and inwardly to engaging positions with respect to the upper side of the cigarette. If, because of the size of a cigarette, the arms 9 happen to engage with the U-shaped cigarette supporting members 6 without the tips 9' actually contacting the said cigarette, the latter still will normally be prevented from falling from its supports 4 and 6 since the said tips will overlie the cigarette. The cigarette may be released for subsequent removal by first manually depressing the counterweight I0 pivotally mounted on the supporting structure, a plurality of upwardly curved substantially parallel arms carried by the pivoted member.

and having their free ends arranged tooverlie a cigarette resting on the supporting means of the said structure, and a counterweight conupward pressure on the arms, whereby the free ends of the latter may be normally maintained in a position overlying a cigarette resting on the supporting means.

2. In a cigarette holder, a supporting structure having means for supporting a cigarette in a substantially horizontal position, a plurality of pivoted arms mounted on the supporting structure, the said arms being arranged to engage with the upper side of a cigarette resting on the supporting means, and a counterweight connected to the arms and arranged to normally maintain them in engaging positions with a cigarette held on the supporting means.

3. In a cigarette holder, a supporting structure having supporting means for a cigarette, a plurality of pivoted arms mounted on the supporting structure, the said arms having their free ends arranged to engage with and overlie a cigarette resting on the supporting means, a counterweight connected to the arms and arranged to normally but releasably maintain the arms in engaging positions with respect to the cigarette, and means on the supporting structure for limiting the movement of the arms in an upward direction. I

4. In a cigarette holder, a supporting structure having supporting means for a cigarette, a plurality of pivoted substantially parallel curved arms mounted on the supporting structure and arranged to move in parallel vertical planes, the

' said arms being bent inwardly at their free ends,

whereby the said ends are normally positioned in overlying positions with respect to a cigarette positioned on the supporting means, and a nected to the arms and arranged to exertan counterbalancing Weight connected to the arms and arranged to normally maintain the arms in positions whereby their free ends overlie the cigarette, the said arms being arranged to be moved when the counterweight is manually raised to positions whereby the cigarette may be lifted from the supporting means.

PAUL C. OVERMIRE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 44,605 Codding Oct. 11, 1864 394,595 McGann Dec. 18, I888 1,640,584 Thiessen Aug. 30, 1927 1,781,976 Brown Nov. 18, 1930 

